8 foods that can improve your sex life

April 10, 2013 |Denise Schipani, Womansday.com

Feel sexier and get more satisfaction just from eating more of these.

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Food and sex: you need ‘em both, you want ‘em both—and, as it turns out, they’re closely linked. A poor diet can lead to a lackluster sex life, while some foods have the power to make you feel sexier or prime your body for some mind-blowing booty. A healthy balance of vitamins and minerals keeps your endocrine system humming, which in turn regulates the production of the hormones estrogen and testosterone, essential for sexual desire and performance, says Cammi Balleck, PhD, a naturopathic physician and author of Making Happy Happen. “Enjoying an active sex life is essential to our wellbeing, and the foods we eat play a large role in ensuring we feel in the mood,” she says. So you could call good food and good sex a positive feedback loop. Here, eight foods (plus one meal!) with proven power to up.

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Food and sex: you need ‘em both, you want ‘em both—and, as it turns out, they’re closely linked. A poor diet can lead to a lackluster sex life, while some foods have the power to make you feel sexier or prime your body for some mind-blowing booty. A healthy balance of vitamins and minerals keeps your endocrine system humming, which in turn regulates the production of the hormones estrogen and testosterone, essential for sexual desire and performance, says Cammi Balleck, PhD, a naturopathic physician and author of Making Happy Happen. “Enjoying an active sex life is essential to our wellbeing, and the foods we eat play a large role in ensuring we feel in the mood,” she says. So you could call good food and good sex a positive feedback loop. Here, eight foods (plus one meal!) with proven power to up.